Shane Duquette
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I absolutely love your writing, but I can't figure out how to buy the Penric books. Is buying the eBooks the only option?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Not anymore. There are the two new Baen dead-tree collections, the first hardcover, Penric's Progress, just out, containing the first three novellas, and the second, Penric's Travels, with the next three, due in May. Baen paperbacks will follow at the usual remove. (Baen also has world rights on these paper volumes, so no problems ordering overseas.)
Also, "The Orphans of Raspay" will be out from Subterranean Press in their usual deluxe hardcover come summer. I'll have more about that on my blog as dates firm up. For it to be collected by Baen, I'd have to write two more, however, so that would be a while.
And, of course, Blackstone/Audible/Downpour has the audio versions. Also some public libraries.
Anyway, lots of options. B&N online and Amazon are two sources for paper as well as ebooks. Baen should have some distribution through regular bookstores. SubPress has a different business model -- you need to go online to their website or to a few specialty stores like Uncle Hugo's for their offerings, though I believe some regular bookstores can order them in by request.
(Not quite my mom's old quip about the lazy man who said, "Just roll me over and stick it in me pocket," but darn close.)
Good luck --
L.
(Oh, and as I write this, "Knife Children" is pending real-soon-now from SubPress as well. I'll blog it when it ships.)
Also, "The Orphans of Raspay" will be out from Subterranean Press in their usual deluxe hardcover come summer. I'll have more about that on my blog as dates firm up. For it to be collected by Baen, I'd have to write two more, however, so that would be a while.
And, of course, Blackstone/Audible/Downpour has the audio versions. Also some public libraries.
Anyway, lots of options. B&N online and Amazon are two sources for paper as well as ebooks. Baen should have some distribution through regular bookstores. SubPress has a different business model -- you need to go online to their website or to a few specialty stores like Uncle Hugo's for their offerings, though I believe some regular bookstores can order them in by request.
(Not quite my mom's old quip about the lazy man who said, "Just roll me over and stick it in me pocket," but darn close.)
Good luck --
L.
(Oh, and as I write this, "Knife Children" is pending real-soon-now from SubPress as well. I'll blog it when it ships.)
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A Goodreads user
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
In Mirror Dance, the gang encounters a growth-accelerated clone who's been surgically altered to have large, exaggerated breasts and hips. Mark (or maybe it was Miles? I think Mark) reasons that the clone must be a sex-change case. Can you explain why he came to that conclusion? I don't understand the connection.
Stephen McKee
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
If you were writing the Vorkosigan books for the first time in 2022, do you think you'd still choose to refer to hermaphrodites like Bel Thorne as "it" or would you use "they/them" instead? If so, have you thought about maybe doing an updated edition of the books to reflect this? I think the use of "it" is a bit jarring to modern readers.
Richard
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I feel hesitant to criticize you, given how much the critical thinking, thoughtful commentary and philosophizing in your writings have informed, enriched and molded my character over the years. But would it be possible for you to add some book tags (i.e. manga, fantasy, contemporary, urban fantasy, YA, etc.) to your reviews here on Goodreads to make it easier for us to search for our next read using your reviews?
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